Baseball

PLU Trio Enjoying Summer Ball Success

A trio of Pacific Lutheran seniors to be - Trey Watt, Josh
Takayoshi and Robert Bleecker - are enjoying success for separate
West Coast League teams in regional amateur baseball.

Takayoshi and Bleecker will see each other in the upcoming
league playoffs. Takayoshi plays oufield for the Wenatchee
AppleSox, who just repeated as WCL East Division
champions. Bleecker pitches for the Kelowna Falcons, who
placed second in the East Division. Wenatchee and Kelowna meet in a
best-of-three series starting Aug. 11 for the right to advance
to a three-game championship playoff against the
winner of the West Division showdown between the Corvallis
Knights and Bend Elks. Corvallis is the defending West Coast League
champion.

Takayoshi is second on the Wenatchee team with a .311 batting
average and leads the club with 32 runs, while Bleecker has a
1-1 record and a 3.79 earned run average in five appearances,
including two starts.

Watt was the staff ace for the Kitsap BlueJackets, finishing his
season with a 6-3 record and a paltry 1.43 earned run
average. Watt held opponents to a .212 batting average while
leading his team with 10 starts. Watt had nearly one-third
of his team's wins as the BlueJackets finished with a 19-25
record.

All three Pacific Lutheran players earned first team
all-conference honors a year ago and all will return as the Lutes
attempt to win their third NWC title in four years.